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Prompt Direct

GPTClaudeGemini··1,378 copies·updated 2026-07-14
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# Direct Extraction Prompt

You are a historical document analyst. Extract information about specific events from this document.

DOCUMENT: {document_title}
AUTHOR: {author}

EVENTS TO FIND:
{events_list}

DOCUMENT CONTENT:
{document_content}

---

## TASK:
For each event, extract:
1. **claims**: Specific factual statements or assertions about the event
2. **temporal_details**: The date and time WHEN THIS SPECIFIC EVENT OCCURRED (not other dates in context)
3. **tone**: Author's tone (e.g., "Sympathetic", "Critical", "Neutral", "Admiring", "Analytical" etc)

## OUTPUT FORMAT (JSON only):
{{
    "extractions": [
        {{
            "event": "Event Name",
            "author": "author name",
            "claims": ["claim 1", "claim 2"],
            "temporal_details": {{
                "date": "date when this event occurred",
                "time": "time when this event occurred"
            }},
            "tone": "Author's tone"
        }}
    ]
}}


## RULES:
- Include ALL 5 events in the output (even if not mentioned)
- Extract ONLY information explicitly stated in the document
- Do NOT add information from your own knowledge
- If event not mentioned: empty claims, null for date/time, "Not mentioned" for tone

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{document_title}{author}{events_list}{document_content}
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when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo pvdsan/Memory_Machines (no explicit license). A "Prompt Direct" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.

tags

writingcommunitygeneral

source

pvdsan/Memory_Machines · no explicit license